Home

United States

Strategic Puzzle Shifts in Mideast

Submitted by loner on 22 February, 2011 - 2:51am

 For more than two decades, the Middle East fell easily into neat strategic pieces like a puzzle: A rock-solid peace treaty tied Egypt and Jordan to Israel; stable, pro-U.S. monarchies lined the length of the Persian Gulf oil channels; autocratic governments across North Africa seemed unshakable.

Big Gas Find Sparks a Frenzy in Israel

Submitted by loner on 31 December, 2010 - 10:32am

 By CHARLES LEVINSON And GUY CHAZAN

TEL AVIV—Two years ago, Ratio Oil Exploration LP, an energy firm here, employed five people and was worth about half a million dollars.
Operations in Noble Energy's Leviathan gas field, the world's biggest deepwater gas find in a decade.
Today it sits at the center of a gas bonanza that has investors, international oil companies, Israeli politicians and even Hezbollah, Israel's sworn enemy, clamoring for a piece of the action.

China's Real-Estate Frenzy

Submitted by loner on 29 December, 2010 - 9:57am

Rising property prices and a torrid pace of lending are signals of an inflationary bubble.

How investment banks shape up after crisis

Submitted by loner on 21 December, 2010 - 1:19pm

By Megan Murphy, Justin Baer, Francesco Guerrera, Patrick Jenkins, Jeremy Grant, Martin Arnold and Sam Jones

Toward a United States of Europe

Submitted by loner on 19 December, 2010 - 7:00am

French Finance Minister Christine Lagarde tells the Journal it will take much stronger fiscal and economic coordination among EU member states for the euro to work.

What did I say then?

Nightmare Mortgages | Business Week (5 years 22 weeks ago):

They promise the American Dream: A home of your own -- with ultra-low rates and payments anyone c...

Syndicate content
Theme provided by Danang Probo Sayekti.